Susumu Matsushima, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Susumu Matsushima

Japanese photographer

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1913

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2009

Profession: photographer, fashion photographer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Susumu Matsushima (?? ?, Matsushima Susumu, 5 January 1913 – 2009) was a Japanese photographer famous for portraits of women, fashion photography, and nudes. Matsushima was born on 5 January 1913 in Ushigome, Tokyo.
He studied at Tokyo Koto Kogei Gakko (????????, later incorporated within Chiba University), where a fellow-student was Gen Otsuka.
On graduating in 1933, he joined Jiji Shinpo-sha, but soon quit and moved to Nikkatsu, where he worked as a photographer, focusing especially on portraits of women, which he also submitted to Photo Times and other photographic magazines. After the war Matsushima went freelance, working on portraits of women, fashion, and the like.
In 1948 he created the group Shashinka Shudan (?????) with Fujio Matsugi, Sankichi Ozaki and others.
He continued to work prolifically after this. Matsushima was an honorary member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society and the Japan Photographers Association.